'Shepherds' in the Bible

Now there were shepherds in the same part of the country, keeping watch over their sheep by night in the open fields,

Then, as soon as the angels had left them and returned to Heaven, the shepherds said to one another, "Let us now go over as far as Bethlehem and see this that has happened, which the Lord has made known to us."

and all who listened were astonished at what the shepherds told them.

And the shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all that they had heard and seen in accordance with the announcement made to them.

"Take heed to yourselves and to all the flock among which the Holy Spirit has placed you to take the oversight for Him and act as shepherds to the Church of God, which He has bought with His own blood.

Be shepherds of God's flock which is among you. Exercise the oversight not reluctantly but eagerly, in accordance with the will of God; not for base gain but with cheerful minds;